What are Suburbs?
2nd Grade•30 minutes•2.1b Suburban communities are on the outskirts of cities, where human population is less dense, and buildings and homes are spaced farther apart.
Learning Objective
I can identify characteristics of suburban communities.
Key Concepts
An urban community is large and highly populated, with many tall buildings and busy streets.
A suburban community is located near a city but is less populated than an urban community.
A rural community has very few people and buildings and mainly consists of farmland.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Which of these is a characteristic of a suburban community?
2. Name two things you might find in a suburban community.
3. How is a suburban community different from an urban community?
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